BY MATTHEW GRAHAM
Consolidation… That’s that word we use to refer to sideways and frequently narrower trading ranges that follow a period of more directional movement (you can click on the word to go to a full definition). Consolidation is the best case scenario right now, when it comes to defining the modest weakness seen yesterday and so far this morning. In other words, we would hope that we’re merely seeing a consolidation of the strong rally of the past 5 weeks as opposed to a reversal.